Roger Wicker Quotes

However, in recent years our nation has seen a sizable influx of illegal immigration that at best highlights some alarming inadequacies and at worst indicates a broken system.

I'm on record saying nothing about immigration until we secure the borders. The borders are not secure.

The voters in my district, and around the country, have demanded that Congress get a hold on the influx of illegal immigrants and tighten the security around our borders.

There is overwhelming bipartisan support outside of Washington that we need to finally secure our borders, enforce our laws, and stop the problem of illegal immigration.

Yes we need enhanced border control. Yes we need to focus our efforts on those who pose a threat to our country. But let's not fall into the trap set by the Tea Party and others who would tell you that every single undocumented individual is a drug smuggler, a terrorist, or a threat to the American way of life. That is simply not true.

Well, my constituents are happy that the Republican Party has finally gotten off its duff, seeing that we do control the House and the Senate and the presidency, and taken up the issue of illegal immigration.

How can we protect homeland security unless the government stops the invasion of illegal aliens?

As the American public continues to focus more intensely on illegal immigration and securing the nation's borders, the number of members of the House Immigration Reform Caucus continues to grow.

Our immigration system is not broken. We don't need, and Congress shouldn't enact, amnesty.

Everybody will say that they're not opposed to immigration; they're opposed to illegal immigration. That's what I'm saying.

Clearly, border security has been the top domestic issue of the year, and rightly so. Securing our borders is an essential aspect of our national security.

Secure our borders first. Let us know and let us make sure the American people know that we're taking care of the important business of dealing with the illegal immigration into this country. You cannot begin to address the concerns of the people who are already here unless and until you have made certain that no more are coming in behind them.

Illegal immigration continues to be a major problem in the United States. We have people waiting to come here legally. And we should not be rewarding people who have come here illegally.

I think in the U.S., the border fence is no longer an immigration issue primarily; it's a security issue.

We will never stop illegal immigration until this country has a comprehensive, realistic immigration policy.

Protecting national security amounts to looking for needles in a haystack. The work becomes more difficult if the haystack is larger. Restricting immigration generally, and illegal immigration in particular, limits growth in the haystack, and supports protection of national security.

Therefore, if we are a Nation of laws and a Nation of immigrants, immigration should occur within a legal framework, not through the machinations of illegal schemes and scams that threaten our national security.

If I am elected president we will secure the border and we will end the illegal immigration.

When I ran in Texas, I told the people of Texas, 'if you elect me, I will lead the fight against amnesty.'

One of the critical issues that we have to confront is illegal immigration, because this is a multi-headed Hydra that affects our economy, our health care, our health care, our education systems, our national security, and also our local criminality.

We're a nation of immigrants - there's no question about that. But we're also a nation of laws. I think we have to honor both of those.

Illegal immigration can never be completely stopped, no matter how high the wall or how many patrol agents you have watching it.

Illegal immigration undermines legal immigration.

As long as there are jobs waiting in our country, there is no way we can stop illegal immigration at the borders.

You can’t fix legal immigration until you fix illegal immigration.